Isbn: 9781856264792 - Slang Down the Ages: a Historical Development of Slang (11 results)

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Paperback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None Issued. First Edition. 393 pages. Book is in general good condition. There is some light reading wear present, but still a presentable copy.

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Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. This history of English slang documents our verbal predilections for the racier side of life, at the expense of the more quotidian, let alone respectable - it is no coincidence that the longest chapters in thiis book concern parts of the body, sex and drink and drunkenness. The book tackles its subject theme by theme, taking standard English words and phrases and tracing the ingenuity of their slang equivalents over time, in each case approximating 'earliest use'. Be amused by the playfulness of our linguistic heritage, intrigued by our need for encrypted signs and appalled by some of the more bold-faced puns, as author charts four centuries of our developing and ever-diversifying vocabulary. This is a 1st edition paperback in fine condition. (393 pages & 6 pages of introduction).…

Paperback. Condition: Good. 393 pages. The Japanese mafia - known collectively as yakuza - has had an extensive influen ce on Japanese society over the past 50 years. Based on extensive interviews wit h criminals, police officers, lawyers, journalists, and academics, this is an an alysis in English of Japan's criminal syndicates. Peter Hill argues that the ess ential characteristic of Japan's criminal syndicates is their provision of prote ction to consumers in Japan's under- and upper-worlds. In this respect they are analogous to the Sicilian Mafia, and the mafias of Russia, Hong Kong and the Uni ted States. Although the yakuza's protective mafia role has existed at least sin ce the end of World War II and arguably longer, their sources of income have not remained constant. The yakuza have undergone considerable change in their busin ess activities over the last half-century. The two key factors driving this evol ution have been the changes in the legal, and law-enforcement environment within which these groups must operate and the economic opportunities available to the m.…